I think that's a cultural thing. I have known several Egyptians, and while decent enough people on the whole, they do seem to believe that whatever they can get from you for as little as they can give back is fair practice. I think they call it bartering.
The more extreme ones believe it is a mandate of their religion to lie cheat and steal from "Infidels". I think that is me, and possibly you too. What an odd kind of thing for God to tell men to do! Bob On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Richmond wrote: > On 07/01/2010 07:31 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> <sigh> No one can believe anything in the media anymore these days! I >> remember when you could at least believe the facts reported (if not the >> slant they were delivered with) simply because reporters were bound by honor >> to do the research needed to validate their claims. I guess honor is all but >> gone in our modern world. >> >> > > I knew that honour (at least, if not 'honor') was gone when, in 1989, my boss > at the time; Mustapha Adly, > told me that as he knew I was a gentleman he would treat me in a gentlemanly > way, and then proceeded > to cheat me out of half of my salary. Mr Adly later absconded from Emirates > Private School (Abu Dhabi > and Al Ain) with all the money and hasn't been seen since. He also seems to > have left one of his wives > behind! I understand he was last seen back in his native Egypt. > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
